Dual reporters encoding two distinct proteins within the same mRNA have had a crucial role in identifying and characterizing unconventional mechanisms of eukaryotic translation. These mechanisms include initiation via internal ribosomal entry sites (IRESs), ribosomal frameshifting, stop codon readthrough and reinitiation. This design enables the expression of one reporter to be influenced by the specific mechanism under investigation, while the other reporter serves as an internal control. However, challenges arise when intervening test sequences are placed between these two reporters. Such sequences can inadvertently impact the expression or function of either reporter, independent of translation-related changes, potentially biasing the results. These effects may occur due to cryptic regulatory elements inducing or affecting transcription initiation, splicing, polyadenylation and antisense transcription as well as unpredictable effects of the translated test sequences on the stability and activity of the reporters. Unfortunately, these unintended effects may lead to misinterpretation of data and the publication of incorrect conclusions in the scientific literature. To address this issue and to assist the scientific community in accurately interpreting dual-reporter experiments, we have developed comprehensive guidelines. These guidelines cover experimental design, interpretation and the minimal requirements for reporting results. They are designed to aid researchers conducting these experiments as well as reviewers, editors and other investigators who seek to evaluate published data.

• MeSH
• Eukaryota * genetika   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• messenger RNA genetika   MeSH
• proteosyntéza MeSH
• reportérové geny * MeSH
• směrnice jako téma * MeSH
• výzkumný projekt * normy   MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• přehledy MeSH
• Názvy látek
• messenger RNA MeSH

Recycling of 40S ribosomal subunits following translation termination, entailing release of deacylated tRNA and dissociation of the empty 40S from mRNA, involves yeast Tma20/Tma22 heterodimer and Tma64, counterparts of mammalian MCTS1/DENR and eIF2D. MCTS1/DENR enhance reinitiation (REI) at short upstream open reading frames (uORFs) harboring penultimate codons that confer heightened dependence on these factors in bulk 40S recycling. Tma factors, by contrast, inhibited REI at particular uORFs in extracts; however, their roles at regulatory uORFs in vivo were unknown. We examined effects of eliminating Tma proteins on REI at regulatory uORFs mediating translational control of GCN4 optimized for either promoting (uORF1) or preventing (uORF4) REI. We found that the Tma proteins generally impede REI at native uORF4 and its variants equipped with various penultimate codons regardless of their Tma-dependence in bulk recycling. The Tma factors have no effect on REI at native uORF1 and equipping it with Tma-hyperdependent penultimate codons generally did not confer Tma-dependent REI; nor did converting the uORFs to AUG-stop elements. Thus, effects of the Tma proteins vary depending on the REI potential of the uORF and penultimate codon, but unlike in mammals, are not principally dictated by the Tma-dependence of the codon in bulk 40S recycling.

• MeSH
• iniciace translace peptidového řetězce MeSH
• malé podjednotky ribozomu eukaryotické * metabolismus   genetika   MeSH
• messenger RNA * metabolismus   genetika   MeSH
• otevřené čtecí rámce * MeSH
• proteosyntéza MeSH
• Saccharomyces cerevisiae - proteiny * metabolismus   genetika   MeSH
• Saccharomyces cerevisiae * genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• transkripční faktory bZIP * metabolismus   genetika   MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Názvy látek
• GCN4 protein, S cerevisiae MeSH Prohlížeč
• messenger RNA * MeSH
• Saccharomyces cerevisiae - proteiny * MeSH
• transkripční faktory bZIP * MeSH

Recycling of 40S ribosomal subunits following translation termination, entailing release of deacylated tRNA and dissociation of the empty 40S subunit from mRNA, involves yeast Tma20/Tma22 heterodimer and Tma64, counterparts of mammalian MCTS1/DENR and eIF2D. MCTS1/DENR enhance reinitiation at short upstream open reading frames (uORFs) harboring penultimate codons that confer dependence on these factors in bulk 40S recycling. Tma factors, by contrast, inhibited reinitiation at particular uORFs in extracts; however, their roles at regulatory uORFs in vivo were unknown. We examined effects of eliminating Tma proteins on reinitiation at regulatory uORFs mediating translational control of GCN4 optimized for either promoting (uORF1) or preventing (uORF4) reinitiation. We found that the Tma proteins generally impede reinitiation at native uORF4 and uORF4 variants equipped with various penultimate codons regardless of their Tma-dependence in bulk recycling. The Tma factors have no effect on reinitiation at native uORF1, and equipping uORF1 with Tma-dependent penultimate codons generally did not confer Tma-dependent reinitiation; nor did converting the uORFs to AUG-stop elements. Thus, effects of the Tma proteins vary depending on the reinitiation potential of the uORF and the penultimate codon, but unlike in mammals, are not principally dictated by the Tma-dependence of the codon in bulk 40S recycling.

• Klíčová slova
• DENR, MCTS1, Tma, eIF2D, reinitiation, ribosome recycling,
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• preprinty MeSH

Translation reinitiation is a gene-specific translational control mechanism. It is characterized by the ability of short upstream ORFs to prevent full ribosomal recycling and allow the post-termination 40S subunit to resume traversing downstream for the next initiation event. It is well known that variable transcript-specific features of various uORFs and their prospective interactions with initiation factors lend them an unequivocal regulatory potential. Here, we investigated the proposed role of the major initiation scaffold protein eIF4G in reinitiation and its prospective interactions with uORF's cis-acting features in yeast. In analogy to the eIF3 complex, we found that eIF4G and eIF4A but not eIF4E (all constituting the eIF4F complex) are preferentially retained on ribosomes elongating and terminating on reinitiation-permissive uORFs. The loss of the eIF4G contact with eIF4A specifically increased this retention and, as a result, increased the efficiency of reinitiation on downstream initiation codons. Combining the eIF4A-binding mutation with that affecting the integrity of the eIF4G1-RNA2-binding domain eliminated this specificity and produced epistatic interaction with a mutation in one specific cis-acting feature. We conclude that similar to humans, eIF4G is retained on ribosomes elongating uORFs to control reinitiation also in yeast.

• MeSH
• DEAD-box RNA-helikasy genetika   MeSH
• eukaryotický iniciační faktor 3 genetika   MeSH
• eukaryotický iniciační faktor 4E genetika   MeSH
• eukaryotický iniciační faktor 4G genetika   MeSH
• iniciace translace peptidového řetězce genetika   MeSH
• kodon iniciační genetika   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• otevřené čtecí rámce genetika   MeSH
• proteosyntéza genetika   MeSH
• ribozomy genetika   MeSH
• Saccharomyces cerevisiae - proteiny genetika   MeSH
• Saccharomyces cerevisiae genetika   MeSH
• transkripční faktory bZIP genetika   MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Názvy látek
• DEAD-box RNA-helikasy MeSH
• eukaryotický iniciační faktor 3 MeSH
• eukaryotický iniciační faktor 4E MeSH
• eukaryotický iniciační faktor 4G MeSH
• kodon iniciační MeSH
• PRP2 protein, S cerevisiae MeSH Prohlížeč
• Saccharomyces cerevisiae - proteiny MeSH
• TIF4631 protein, S cerevisiae MeSH Prohlížeč
• transkripční faktory bZIP MeSH

Translational control targeting the initiation phase is central to the regulation of gene expression. Understanding all of its aspects requires substantial technological advancements. Here we modified yeast translation complex profile sequencing (TCP-seq), related to ribosome profiling, and adapted it for mammalian cells. Human TCP-seq, capable of capturing footprints of 40S subunits (40Ss) in addition to 80S ribosomes (80Ss), revealed that mammalian and yeast 40Ss distribute similarly across 5'TRs, indicating considerable evolutionary conservation. We further developed yeast and human selective TCP-seq (Sel-TCP-seq), enabling selection of 40Ss and 80Ss associated with immuno-targeted factors. Sel-TCP-seq demonstrated that eIF2 and eIF3 travel along 5' UTRs with scanning 40Ss to successively dissociate upon AUG recognition; notably, a proportion of eIF3 lingers on during the initial elongation cycles. Highlighting Sel-TCP-seq versatility, we also identified four initiating 48S conformational intermediates, provided novel insights into ATF4 and GCN4 mRNA translational control, and demonstrated co-translational assembly of initiation factor complexes.

• Klíčová slova
• ATF4, GCN4, Ribo-seq, TCP-seq, UTR, co-translational assembly, eIF2, eIF3, gene expression, mRNA, ribosome, ribosome profiling, translational control,
• MeSH
• 5' nepřekládaná oblast MeSH
• eukaryotický iniciační faktor 2 genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• eukaryotický iniciační faktor 3 genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• HEK293 buňky MeSH
• iniciační faktory genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• kodon iniciační MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• malé podjednotky ribozomu eukaryotické genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• multiproteinové komplexy genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• proteosyntéza * MeSH
• ribozomy genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• Saccharomyces cerevisiae - proteiny genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• Saccharomyces cerevisiae genetika   MeSH
• transkripční faktor ATF4 genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• transkripční faktory bZIP genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Názvy látek
• 5' nepřekládaná oblast MeSH
• ATF4 protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč
• eukaryotický iniciační faktor 2 MeSH
• eukaryotický iniciační faktor 3 MeSH
• GCN4 protein, S cerevisiae MeSH Prohlížeč
• iniciační faktory MeSH
• kodon iniciační MeSH
• multiproteinové komplexy MeSH
• Saccharomyces cerevisiae - proteiny MeSH
• transkripční faktor ATF4 MeSH
• transkripční faktory bZIP MeSH